Politicians are scum and the best scum rises to the top. The question in my mind is how do you enlighten a bunch of uniformed, clueless, lazy voters when the mainstream media is owned by the scum they vote for. Unfortunately, everyone does not log onto The Capitol Hill Blue. They might like to know that the scum they elect refer to them as sheep, but as long as their bellies are full, I doubt if they would care. Maybe when all of the truckers go out of business because of high fuel prices and all of the grocery shelves are empty, they will get off their fat butts to go look for a taco.

The sad thing about America seems to be that we cannot put forth a slate of decent human beings to compete for the highest executive office in our government.

We would rather choose someone who looks nicer, has gender bias, is supposedly uniting because he is half negro and half caucasian, or some mix of races that nobody really understands. We choose a man because he was stupid enough to get shot down in a different "wrong-war" (and NO! I am not saying that everyone who was shot down in Vietnam was stupid!) and then made the noble and stupid gesture of refusing repatriation. These are not valid reasons to nominate a person to the position of garbageman, no less the Presidency.

Doug began this column this year with the promise of a more gentle and understanding column, and less mudslinging and nastiness. This story about Senator Clinton is disturbing to say the least, and not at all in the spirit which was promised earlier. If Doug's allegations are true, then we should consider dropping her as a candidate. But to bring up President Clinton's past behavior does unwarranted disservice to Candidate Senator Clinton. It has no relevance to the campaign, to Senator Clinton's credibility, or to her qualifications to be President of The United States of America. If anything she should be admired for standing by her man--but that too is a private matter and not for public venues or discussions.

We need to examine the candidates carefully, to learn their strengths and their weaknesses. We need to debate, discuss, defend, attack, deride, praise, extoll and learn about these men and women. Discussing the failings of their spouses is irrelevant. Saying that the candidate is so naive as to believe the rantings of his minister does great disservice to the candidate and gives credibility to the stupidity that the minister is preaching. It is a waste of our time and worth little.

But more important than these three people who run for the Presidency is the issue of how and why we choose a candidate. The person makes an announcement and then is a candidate. That is simplification, but leads one to believe that only those who announce their candidacy are qualified. To that I say: "Ask any ten men or women you find on the street in any city if they would like to be the next President of the United States. If they don't call the men in white coats to take you in for observation, then they may accept your offer. I would guess that 6 of the 10 would say "Yes!"

My point is that we need to democratize the electoral process. We need to go back and elect a farmer like Washington, not an elitist farmer like Carter. We need to find people who will represent US, and govern with honesty and a total dedication to making our country as great as itwas before--in the days of Roosevelt and Truman. These people are out there--just ask the next 10 people you meet in the street.

Or look in the mirror.

What a disgusting column -- it really shows your radical misogynistic tendencies as related to Hillary Clinton. Your article is filled with lies, distortions and hate. It is bad enough that the main stream media has such a clear preference for Obama; it is unfortunate that alternative media such as CHB cannot present a more balanced view.

Yeah, hell, there is nothing wrong with blowjobs in the oval office. Everybody does it.

http://prorev.com/connex2.htm

edra said: "Your article is filled with lies, distortions and hate."

Like Hillary, you have no specifics, no substantiation for your statements, and no understanding of the situation, in spite of your "experience". rotflmao

Edra - what world do you live in? Every single event mentioned in this article is fact. She lied about Bosnia (one time might be a mistake - but three times is a plan!), she has admitted to planning to go against her pledge against Florida and Michigan, and, though not mentioned, she doesn't pay her campaign bills. For the most part, CHB is the most balanced portrayer of political news I've found. They favor no one! It doesn't matter the party, if they've done something stupid or illegal, it's announced to the world! How often is FOX going to own up to Republican foibles??? I think you need to read the news a bit more and compare it to this. I don't think you'll find any discrepancies. As for adjectives used, those are opinions and don't have to be accepted if you don't want to. But, the facts presented are verifiable. Try proving they're not.

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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is knowing not to put it in fruit salad.

There is an interesting article on salon.com addressing the liar, fraud, etc.. charges that have been leveled at Senator Clinton.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/03/07/ve...

I guess the problem is that I don't care who had a blow job in the oval office. I do care that both the Clintons lied about their deeds done before and during their White House stay. Bill was impeached for lying and both of them were constantly being investigated for illegal actions. They were involved and part of a ponzi scheme to cheat investors out of their money. It was called the White Water action and they have never been cleared. Instead Hillary hid her files of her years at the Rose Group. The problem isn't that they are liars but the voters no longer care.

In my evaluation, there is not a person running who can be absolutely trusted with the White House. McCain is switching again his statements about abortions and gay marriages. Naturally I would never vote for anyone who tried to legislate our morals but again McCain makes statements only to get elected.

Obama is left with the cleanest record; not a perfect record, but the cleanest. To me any member of our species who has to check in with any Minister before he can win an election shows a decided weakness of character. All the candidates are showing a lack of character. Until someone shows up who has a strong spine and doesn't have to show allegiance to some superstition religion teacher and who has honor and integrity, I will probably not vote at all. Putting a political party ahead of integrity is amoral to the core.

I admit sometimes I listen to right wing radio. I was listening this am and oh, they were complaining that the “Press” wasn’t fair to Hillary Clinton. Oh, poor right wing radio!

Wouldn’t you like to have Hillary to run against? Why Hillary could save the Republican Party the Presidency! Makes no difference which righty you listen to, they’re all pushing Hillary.

I consider Hillary the "bag lady" for the Clinton regime. Why do Bill and Hillary want so desperately to be back in the Whitehouse for a 3rd term? Do they have something to hide? The other problem with Bill Clinton is his relationship with "Pappy" Bush. What did Clinton sign off on that requires that they secure the Whitehouse for a third term? Any suggestions?

Excellent article about the true Hillary; a person that is a fraud, liar and cheat that will do ANYTHING to get into the White House.

Haven't we learned the lesson from the Bush/Cheney Junta that a person's attributes do make a difference?

Or do we want another "Compassionate Conservative" in the WH?

If Hillary manages to steal her way into the WH, one of her first acts will be to go on the air and address the nation, tearfully saying that althought she promised to withdraw troops from Iraq, she has since learned classified info from the CIA and NSA that makes troop withdrawal an unwise choice at this time and oh, by the way, I just ordered the Air Force to commence "Operation Iranian Freedom."

If Hillary steals the WH, the entire nation will be wearing a blue dress by Monica.

Only we won't have protien stains on our dresses, but blood stains from the incessant pounding to our derrières, by Commander in Thief Hillary.

Wait Lese, I think you made a brilliant suggestion. I think we should buy up thousands of blue dresses and locate some sperm and go into business. However, without Viagra, the supply of male sperm is dimishing in America so I may have to visit China for my supply.

robertsgt40 If you want to know who the next prez will be,you need look no farther than AIPAC and associates. For those who are blind,this will not ring a bell.

Billary, Billary

Doug, I share your feelings about Billary. Just because it's a female doesn't mean it's fit to be the next POTUS. I never liked her to begin with, primarily because of the shady deals it was involved in while it was in Arkansas. There's only one effective way to put a decent person in office who is not well-heeled or well-connected and that road would indeed prove to be a perilous one. Remember Romania's dictator? Remember what happened to him and his wife? People were angry when that happened.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Revolution_o...

I will defer my judgment on who is a fraud until after the
Republican attack machine and the 527's do to Obama what they have done to Hillary. At least then it will be an even playing field as then there will be just as many lies out there about Obama as there are about Hillary.

Why are we going on about Clinton and the rest. This whole election process is a farce and we know it, yet we continue on as if there was nothing we can do.
We don't need a leader, we need true humanitarians, public servants who will execute the will of a well informed citizenry, from the office of the president on down through congress and the house. We need transparency in government not secret meetings behind closed doors.

Woodrow Wilsons words are so true today, "We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men."

John J.
Seattle

Doug, that was a harsh column on Sen. Clinton. And probably not entirely fair either.

By the way, in some future column will you mention who you support for President and explain why. I would hope you don't say "none of the above"; we do have to elect somebody.

I'm begining to think it would be better if we didn't elect somebody. I don't think the position can be trusted to any one person. This goverment seriously needs to be restructured. It is no longer just an organized crime against The People of the United States. It is an organized crime against the world.

"The woman who would be President inflated her resume, lied outright about being "under fire" in an attempt to bolster her national security credentials, plotted to overturn the will of pledged delegates at the Democratic National Convention in August and lobbied to change the rules after she signed a pledge to honor her party's decision on voting in Michigan and Florida."

That's the single best paragraph I've read from Doug and the best summary of Hillary's political career I've read from anyone!

"Brevity is the soul of wit." Atta boy, Doug.